Sweet Fenugreek Pongal

Mothers always want to give their children their best. You are right, for a nursing mother, lactation is always an issue. I had spent hours browsing to find lactation aids. But now, I don’t. The reason is rediscovered the power of garlic and fenugreek. I add them to my diet in all forms, by all means. I am happy to share my recent finding , an exclusive diet for lactating moms. Also this is very tasty with no hint of bitterness of the fenugreek , all because of the fabulous jaggery.

Ingredients:

Sona masoori rice- 1/4 cup

Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 cup

Jaggery – to taste

Cardamom- 1 no

Method:

Soak the fenugreek seeds over night.

Cook the rice and fenugreek seeds in pressure cooker with 1 cup water.

Heat little water, dissolve jaggery in it. Once it is melted , filter out the dirt, if any. Simmer the heat, add the cooked rice to the jaggery back, mix well. Powder the cardamom and add to the rice. Cook till all water is absorbed. Serve hot with ghee. Add fried cashews and raisins if you like to be treated specially. The quantity I said is just enough for a person.

PS: I found it really helpful. Hope it helps who is in need for iron rich food and other nursing moms.

Hi Lakshmi,
This is a new recipe for me too. I am curious to know the origin of this recipe, is this a family or regional recipe. If this is your own creation, my kudos to you for coming with such clever pairing of bitter fenugreek with out of this world sweetness of jaggery. What a nice entry for Jihva!

One more thing about fenugreek is, it increases breast size, I read somewhere.:)

pongal with fenugreek..hearing for first time…shall try once…fenugreek is good one for health ..I do add very little in most of the recipes but in rice hearing for first time…intresting one:-)) Thanks for sharing Lakshmi

Hi Ashwini,
The fenugreek donot stand alone in taste.They are well cooked!

Hi Indira,
This was passed on to me by my friend Dhakshayani, a first time mom.Of course,she heard it from her friend. The best thing is not just the taste , but it is a good source of iron.’Vendayam'(fenugreek) in tamil means vendha (cooked) ayam (iron).